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  "id": 4729370,
  "title": "McKesson confirms cybersecurity incident as hackers claim millions of patient records stolen",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/mckesson-confirms-cybersecurity-incident-as-hackers-claim-millions-of",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-31T20:38:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fierce Healthcare",
    "slug": "fierce-healthcare",
    "url": "https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/mckesson-confirms-cybersecurity-incident-hackers-claim-millions-patient-records-stolen"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Healthcare giant McKesson Corporation confirmed on Friday that it was investigating a cybersecurity incident tied to third-party applications that led to unauthorized access and theft of data.",
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      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "Hackers claim millions of patient records stolen during data breach at healthcare giant McKesson",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/hackers-claim-millions-of-patient-records-stolen-during-data-breach",
        "published": "2026-08-31T18:10:09.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}